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Monsoon Encounters

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

Monsoon Encounters

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Teenage Choristers, Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Teenage Choristers, Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Speedster #3

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A Night at the Fruit Market, Kandy #3

A Night at the Fruit Market, Kandy #3

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Pre-Performance Butterflies

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019

Pre-Performance Butterflies

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February 19, 2019February 19, 2019

Masked #7

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A Visit to Kandy #2

January 8, 2019

A Visit to Kandy #2

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Traders, Manning Market, Pettah #2

January 2, 2019

Traders, Manning Market, Pettah #2

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Flirtatious Encounters

December 12, 2018

Flirtatious Encounters

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HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN, PRIME MINISTER? — A Muslim resident of Colombo during the first pro-democracy rally at Liberty Circus, on 30th October 2018. It took more than a month of public protest in Colombo before the parliamentary coup launched by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s sacking of his prime minister and cabinet was defeated. The constitutional crisis the country found itself in as the president’s antagonism towards PM Ranil Wickremesinghe bubbled over, was averted only by public support for the elected parliament and the constitution. Much of that support came from ethnic minorities like Sri Lanka’s Muslims. Following the Easter Bombing of 21st April 2019, however, the restored government of Prime Minister Wickremesinghe has largely failed to protect the Muslim community from violence and racism, allowing it to be unjustly blamed for the bombings carried out by the National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ), an ISIS-affiliated extremist group. While the bombings largely targeted Christian churches, killing over 250 and wounding as many as 500, retaliation came from Buddhist mobs, in the form of weeks of arson and looting that the police and military failed to halt, often standing by as the violence raged unchecked. Almost two months after the Easter Bombings, the violence has died down, but Sri Lanka’s betrayed Muslim community lives under a sword, not knowing when it will fall, released by a new round of racist rhetoric by rightwing Buddhist clergy and politicians who Prime Minister Wickremesinghe’s government seems unwilling to reign in. . . #photojournalism #blackandwhitephoto #portraitphoto #streetphoto #streetportraiture #protest #prodemocracy #couplk #ethnicconflict #constitutionalcrisis #prayforsrilanka #srilanka #600D #18_200mm

WALKING ACROSS THE NINE ARCH BRIDGE #2 — A pair of early morning visitors to the Nine Arch Bridge walk its 91m length. One of Sri Lanka’s most famous constructions, thanks to Instagram, the viaduct was completed in 1923, and is entirely of stone, the railway tracks that cross it being the only steel used. If you can’t — or don’t want to — crowd your way onto a Colombo-Badulla train crossing the bridge on what is now considered one of the world’s great rail journeys, walking along the tracks is a great way to get a closer look. The latter is illegal in Sri Lanka, though rarely enforced, but watch out for trains; scores are killed each year, all over the country; and a narrow bridge and a tunnel right by it make it a tricky spot for the careless. The Nine Arch Bridge is located between Ella and Demodara, spanning a cleft in the Central Highlands, 3,100m above sea level. Shot on assignment for The New York Times, specifically for Lucas Peterson’s piece, “An Island Nation that is Best Savored Slowly”, which ran in the Frugal Traveler column on January 30th. . . #landscapephoto #travelphoto #photojournalism #ninearchbridge #ella #nytimes #nytimestravel #frugaltraveler #lucaspeterson #davidblacker #beautifuldestination #srilanka #5DMkIII #24_105mm_f4l

CURVING LIGHT — Shot in August 2017, for “The Masked Women” photo-book. Colombo, Sri Lanka. . . #blackandwhitephoto #boudoirphotography #erotica #nude #naked #sexywomen #femaleform #themaskedwoman #srilanka #600D #50mm #niftyfifty

BROWN GIRLS IN THE RAIN -- @shermainewillisofficial and @iam__anuradha , shot for Ashraff Associates and The Radh, Kandy. Sri Lanka, October 2018. . . #streetphoto #portraitphoto #commercialphotography #travelphoto #streetportraiture #monsoon #beautifulwomen #theradh #ashraffassociates #streetsofkandy #srilanka #5DMkIV #24_105mm_f4l

FIRST DOWN THE HOME STRETCH — A high school runner blows past spectators on her way to the finish line during an athletics meet in Katunayake, Sri Lanka. Shot for Smart Media and Gateway College in September 2018. . . #sportsphotography #blackandwhitephoto #documentaryphotography #onassignment #athletics #athlete #speed #smartmedia #gatewaycollege #srilanka #7DMkII #100_400mm

TWISTED GIANTS #2 — My photo of a fig tree in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Shot for The New York Times' story, "An Island Nation that is Best Savored Slowly", by Lucas Peterson, which ran in the Frugal Traveler column on 30th January 2019. . . #photojournalism #travelphoto #naturephoto #newyorktimes #frugaltraveler #lucaspeterson #davidblacker #figtree #beautifuldestination #srilanka #5DMkIII #24_105mm_f4l

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